hey..the way i did it was the following:

My wife entered the country with a tourist visa, once she was here

The company i work for made a visit visa for her.  That visit visa can be converted into an RP.

It took a maximum of 2 weeks the whole process Tourist-Visit-RP ( with the blood test and X-ray, fingerprint thing included )- i paid 500.-QR

it was easier than i thought really...good luck with that one!